I secretly really want one of those "human tape recorder" teaching jobs that some people have.

The thought of coming in to school and not having to plan or prepare (or worry about) anything for at least a year sounds quite good!

I wouldn't mind that for elementary. Then I could just zone out and not have to do all this prep that often gets foiled by my coT

I think I'd genuinely love it. Even though planning is a little easier now that I have some experience, I still find myself thinking about it a lot outside of work and sometimes stressing about coming up with good stuff.

I had a friend in Japan whose job is human tape recorder. When I was telling her about some of my frustrations with school, namely that even though I do lesson planning, I have almost no freedom with it. She seemed pissed that I didn't ~love~ my job just because it was better than hers.

Every kind of setup has its pros and cons. Human tape recorder = more free time, little sense of satisfaction; Teaching = more self-satisfaction, little free time.

I love my setup with middle schools. The books aren't too bad in terms of topics though some lessons are kind of awkward. I just use the vocab. & key terms and otherwise don't use the book when planning lessons.

Elem. sucks because even though I have to plan lessons (I'm restricted to using the vocab in the books though I'm not allowed to actually use the book ) and all the activities, my coT's interference sometimes reduces me to that of a tape recorder anyway. Like, I did not make these PPTs for YOU to teach off of you hag.

I'm wondering if this is weird. Here's the setup: there was big social shindig with some of the local schools and when it came time to eat snacks (there were pork slices and kimchi), I ate a slice of meat sans kimchi. A teacher from another school thought I didn't know how to eat the traditional way (I actually just don't like kimchi) so he wrapped a piece of meat in kimchi and then proceeded to feed it to me. Some female teachers from his school burst into giggles.

Is this weird? I don't know if I was being treated like a child (he didn't seem much older than I am) or if it was a strange way of flirting. The laughing female teachers made it really awkward.

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To be fair and not wanting to start a British English/American English flame war, that is an American website, written by someone called Cheung. I might allow mango lassi as that is more substantial as a drink, more like a milkshake. But I would think for something less viscous like Pocari Sweat, you don't use the 'd' word.

I wouldn't exclaim loudly that Pocari Sweat is delicious while drinking it but I think in the context of the above convo it's use was appropriate.

Gasian

Today, for the first time I am winging a class with material downloaded form waygook about 15 minutes ago. This feels like a huge accomplishment for an OCD type like myself. I am just too exhausted and really just want to focus on the fact that I am getting pizza for supper.

I am also truly excited that it is a long weekend. I intend for one of those days to be a proper pyjama day. Yay!!!

To be fair and not wanting to start a British English/American English flame war, that is an American website, written by someone called Cheung. I might allow mango lassi as that is more substantial as a drink, more like a milkshake. But I would think for something less viscous like Pocari Sweat, you don't use the 'd' word.

That was just the first site for my google search "delicious drinks". I can't support the writer's opinions on several of those, but most of them are better than Pocari Sweat, IMHO.

How would a British person describe a drink they liked without using "delicious"?

I was trying to stay awake for exams, this was something like my 3rd all-nighter, and I was at an late-night cafe where they served them. I'd already taken a caffeine pill right before drinking this thing.